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Misterele Kievului (carte: Andrei Kurkov – Samson și Nadejda)

Posted on August 12, 2025 by admin

Orice carte nouă a lui Andrei Kurkov este un eveniment așteptat de cititorii săi fideli și de lumea literară. Născut în aprilie 1961, luna în care Iuri Gagarin inaugura era explorării spațiale cu echipaj uman, scriitorul ucrainean (care scrie mai … Continue reading →

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a remarkable debut (film: Tropicana – Omer Tobi, 2024)

Posted on August 10, 2025 by admin

‘Tropicana‘ (2024) is the debut feature film of a young director – Omer Tobi -, known so far mainly for music-related films (music videos and a television series). And what a debut! In 82 minutes, this film (for which Omer … Continue reading →

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the ides of october (documentary: October 8 – Wendy Sachs, 2025)

Posted on August 7, 2025 by admin

Much will be written and many films will be made about the events triggered by the terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023, and the war in Gaza. The conflict continues and it is not clear how and when it will … Continue reading →

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the ultimate conspiracy thriller (film: Capricorn One – Peter Hyams, 1978)

Posted on August 6, 2025 by admin

‘Capricorn One‘ was produced and released in the same years (1978-79) as ‘Superman’, ‘Star Trek’, ‘Alien’, ‘Grease’, ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘Deer Hunter’. The estimated budget of around $5 million was modest by the Hollywood standard at the time and probably … Continue reading →

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TNGng – (film: The Naked Gun – Akiva Schaffer, 2025)

Posted on August 4, 2025 by admin

The producers of the new ‘The Naked Gun‘ insist on calling their film as a ‘reboot’ rather than a ‘remake’ of the original series. I’m not sure that I understood all the subtle differences between the new cinematic category and … Continue reading →

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the indiscrete wickedness of the bourgeoisie (film: La rupture – Claude Chabrol, 1970)

Posted on August 1, 2025 by admin

Some of the most scathing cinematic critiques of the bourgeoisie and the social order it dominated were created in the years after the student uprisings of 1968. They did not always take the form of explicitly political films, and one … Continue reading →

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chasing evil (film: M – Fritz Lang, 1931)

Posted on July 31, 2025 by admin

It’s hard to believe that Fritz Lang‘s ‘M‘ was made in 1931. This film is so bold, unconventional, inventive, stylish, dark and scary that even today, if it were projected or released with minor changes and modernizations, it would stir … Continue reading →

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a cake too sweet (film: About Time – Richard Curtis, 2013)

Posted on July 30, 2025 by admin

Richard Curtis is one of the most successful screenwriters in the ‘feel-good’ romantic comedy genre. Some of its remarkable successes are due to his writing. He has only dared to sit in the director’s chair three times in order to … Continue reading →

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the two hemispheres of Europe (film: Jaful secolului – Teodora Mihai, 2024)

Posted on July 29, 2025 by admin

Films about migrations, emigrants and immigrants are an important genre in world cinema, but not in Romanian cinema. ‘Jaful secolului‘ a.k.a. ‘The Heist of the Century‘ (which also circulates worldwide with the alternative titles ‘Traffic‘ and ‘Rheostat‘) has as its … Continue reading →

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on the ruins of Germany (film: Germania anno zero – Roberto Rossellini, 1948)

Posted on July 27, 2025 by admin

‘Germany Year Zero‘, filmed by Roberto Rossellini in 1947 and released in 1948, is one of those films about which entire bookshelves have been written and can still be written. In less than 80 minutes, this film manages to be … Continue reading →

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